NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROBERT MANKES, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

FANDANGO, LLC, REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2017-1897 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in No. 5:13-cv-00716- FL, Judge Louise Wood Flanagan. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANTHONY J. BILLER, Michael Best & Friedrich, Ra- leigh, NC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represent- ed by DAVID E. BENNETT, DAVID D. KALISH, Coats & Bennett, PLLC, Cary, NC.

SHARON DAVIS, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. De- fendant-appellee Fandango, LLC also represented by STEVEN M. LIEBERMAN. RICARDO BONILLA, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee Regal Entertainment Group. Also represented by DAVID BRANDON CONRAD, THERESA DAWSON, NEIL J. MCNABNAY. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 1, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court